Rich learning experience and intense proving ground, IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SIGNING UP FOR
Pros
- People to your left and right are generally amazing to work with, both in terms of attitude and competence - Generally low tolerance for backstabbing politics, crab-mentality competition - Plentiful opportunities to sink your teeth into new problem domains - For those looking to stretch themselves, apply themselves into their work and grow as technical leaders, plenty of headroom to grow into - Depending on the team you're joining, potentially robust culture of peer mentoring - Real opportunity to challenge yourself and do your best work with a supportive, memorable team
Cons
- Those uncomfortable with taking greater ownership of their work will find an overwhelming degree of involvement being asked of them. For both your sake and theirs, Lionsbot only if you're looking for intense work! - Management has historically underestimated the cost of taking on additional technical debt, leading to eventual development cycle slowdowns hits to product quality. They've since explicitly committed to investing in quality engineering, but I left in the infancy of this strategic re-orientation, so I cannot + will not speculate - The phrase "owner's mindset" gets bandied around a lot, but in my view the company didn't offer enough clarity around equity-based compensation for employees to feel the investment + participation
